CREATOR

Name: Hillman Periodicals, Inc. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1938 by Alex L. Hillman (1900-1968).  Publishing of comic books stopped in 1953.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Hillman in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation also published magazines and books until 1961. It never used a logo on the comic book front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1947*. Stopped in 1953 after 72 issues.

The series contains numerous, independent crime stories. A recurring character is Gunmaster.

* Initially, the series ran from 1943 to 1947 titled Clue Comics (15 issues) thus the series on this page starts the numbering at #16.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#16 - 1947
#31 - 1948
#44 - 1949

#54 - 1950
#74 - 1952
#87 - 1953

 

 

INDEX PAGE   CHARACTERS   CREATORS